Dambudzo Marechera (Charles William Dambudzo Marechera, b. in Rusape, Rhodesia, June 4, 1952, d. in Harare, August 18, 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.
Marechera was born in Vhengere Township, Rusape, Zimbabwe (then known as Rhodesia) to Isaac Marechera, a mortuary attendant, and Masvotwa Venenzia Marechera, a maid.
In his novella, The House of Hunger (1978), and interviews, Marechera often falsely suggests that his father was either run...
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Dambudzo Marechera (Charles William Dambudzo Marechera, b. in Rusape, Rhodesia, June 4, 1952, d. in Harare, August 18, 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.
Marechera was born in Vhengere Township, Rusape, Zimbabwe (then known as Rhodesia) to Isaac Marechera, a mortuary attendant, and Masvotwa Venenzia Marechera, a maid.
In his novella, The House of Hunger (1978), and interviews, Marechera often falsely suggests that his father was either run over by "a 20th century train" or "came home with a knife sticking from his back" or "was found in the hospital mortuary with his body riddled with bullets". Such incorrect accounts may be part of Marechera's penchant to revise even the "facts" of his own life. German researcher, Flora-Veit Wild seems to give too much weight to an account given by Marechera's older brother, Michael about the destructive element in the younger Marechera's life. Michael suggests that Dambudzo was a victim of their mother's muti, implying that he was cursed in...
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